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Ferrelli v. Commonwealth

One-year suspensions of operating privileges, based on pleas of nolo contendere to charges of DUI in West Virginia, affirmed; under Pennsylvania law, such a plea operates as a conviction, and to give effect to the more lenient procedural rules of West Virginia would be contrary to the purpose of the Driver's License Compact.

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BEFORE: HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Judge, HONORABLE ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Judge, HONORABLE JIM FLAHERTY, Senior Judge

Submitted: July 13, 2001

Sharon Ferrelli and Philip W. Mercer, Sr. (Licensees) appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County filed November 13, 2000, which dismissed their individual statutory appeals of a one-year suspension of their operating privileges imposed by the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) in accordance with Article IV(a)(2) of the Driver’s License Compact, 75 Pa.C.S. � 1581. *fn1 We affirm.

 
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